 I'm Marcus Lanny and I'm a sophomore mechanical engineering and I'm project manager of the Wabash Center EPICS team. My most memorable experience in being in EPICS is delivering projects during our first semester. Our first project was a sensory board and what this was just had a bunch of miscellaneous sensory items so zippers, shoe ties, velcro, buttons, snaps, things that we all take for granted every day but that individuals with disabilities struggle to do during their morning routines. So by delivering this project we're actually empowering these individuals to get better and facilitate their morning routines. EPICS is the main reason why I was able to land an internship after my freshman year with not many other relevant skills or experiences. EPICS is able to give you a look into industry and teaches you how to work as a team to collaborate and to really expand your skill set. You're never just a specific engineer on an EPICS team, you're just an engineer and you need to do what it takes to get the job done. You need to be able to understand how to budget, how to timeline, how to do other miscellaneous things that aren't explicitly taught in classes. And EPICS is able to simulate this industry experience and that's one of the biggest reasons why we should come back to EPICS as upperclassmen. In addition, you can bring your skills that you gain from your upper level technical courses into EPICS. So you're able to help with those CADs, with those drawings, with the construction that the younger members have not been exposed to just yet. And through this mentorship you're able to help the next generation of EPICS students create amazing projects that actually impact the community. Currently there's four projects being run on the Wabash Center team. Our first project is a seated paper folder in which we help individuals with disabilities fold a piece of paper so they can make money and earn a living wage doing factory work. Our second project is an AR sandbox, the augmented reality sandbox. Individuals can put their hands over to make water fall and it go through mountain passes, rivers, valleys. We have a team creating just a sensory item and right now they're creating a water tube. And for individuals with disabilities, this is a very interactive and stimulating experience and not just something that's left to be played with. And finally we have our swing team and what they're doing is building an adult size swing from scratch that can accommodate individuals with different disabilities. Usually when you have a project for class, you submit it, you get your grade, you move on with this. But with projects in EPICS, you're able to see the impact of your project and that's an experience that you'll take with you much longer after your EPICS experience. Now this is my third semester in EPICS and my second is project manager and I came back due to the leadership opportunities available within EPICS. So for me, coming back to EPICS is a way to further my skills and also a great way for me to show industry the experience that I have. Every semester you're doing something different. You're taking on a new challenge and you're going to help different people. So when you tell industry about this, you tell them how you've worked with the engineering design process from conception all the way to generation, they're going to be impressed and they're going to want you on their team because of those skills and experiences that you have.